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The fifth edition of Saudi Arabia’s annual investment forum, the Future Investment Initiative (FII), will take place on October 26 to 28 this year in the Kingdom’s capital Riyadh under the theme of ‘Invest in Humanity’. The annual event brings together a selection of experts and industry leaders to explore new ways to address society’s challenges and plan towards taking action to solve them. “By leveraging the enormous economic opportunities that will lie ahead in the post-COVID era, we will also catalyze the changes needed to achieve an equitable, prosperous future for all,” Yasir al-Rumayyan, Chairman of the FII Institute…

Germany will attempt to ban British travellers from the European Union regardless of whether or not they have had a COVID-19 vaccine, The Times reported on Monday. The German chancellor wants to designate Britain as a “country of concern” because the Delta variant of the coronavirus is so widespread, the newspaper said. The plans will be discussed by senior European and national officials on the EU’s integrated political crisis response committee and will be resisted by Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Malta and Portugal, the newspaper added. German chancellor Angela Merkel is due to meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Chequers next week.…

The Director-General of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science stated that Iran had been the primary narcotics trafficking sources to Bahrain for the last fifteen years. He said that per the official statistics, Iran continues to follow the same approach. Around 3 tons and 72 KG of various narcotics, including Captagon, opium, and mostly hashish and shabu, were confiscated from 2007 to 2021. In his statement to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, he said 52 persons arrested were part of drug trafficking and dealing groups specialising in smuggling narcotics via regional waters in coordination with individuals…

The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health announced the implementation of a new phase of the national campaign for immunization with COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine for the age group of 12-18. This announcement was made after the approval of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority and the completion of scientific research, which showed the effectiveness of the vaccine for this age group. The ministry indicated that this step comes as a continuation of its efforts to expand the administration of the vaccine, after vaccinating 70% of adults in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as it recently started administering the second dose to…

Bahrain celebrates International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Bahrain attaches great and continuous attention to the fight against drugs, psychotropic substances and illicit trafficking in them, under an integrated national plan, security, legislative, preventive and therapeutic measures, and an active community partnership in addressing this crime as a serious international scourge with devastating effects on the security and safety of states, societies and the public health of the population and the future of the next generations. Bahrain’s participation in the on June is in response to UN General Assembly Resolution 42/112 of 1987. The theme this year is…

A “no-spectator games” remains an option for the Tokyo Olympics, which open officially in just four weeks, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said on Friday. The admission by Seiko Hashimoto comes only four days after she announced on Monday that up to 10,000 local fans would be allowed into venues – with numbers not to exceed 50% of venue capacity regardless of indoor or outdoor events. Organizers put off the decision on local fans for several months, and fans from abroad were banned months ago. The move to allow fans went against many medical experts who have…

Rescue workers scouring the debris of a collapsed condo building in a Miami suburb said they heard sounds in the rubble overnight, as officials on Friday raised the number of people unaccounted for to 159 and the confirmed death toll to four. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told reporters that three more bodies were pulled from the wreckage overnight. Another person was reported to have died on Thursday. The mayor also increased the number of presumed missing after authorities put the number at 99 on Thursday. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Ray Jadallah said they heard sounds in the…

The first cases of Covid-19 likely occurred in China between early October and mid-November 2019, according to new data modelling that suggests the virus spread around the world far more quickly than was previously realized. The first case was likely to have been on November 17, researchers said, in an analysis published in the journal PLOS Pathogens. Officially, the first cases of Covid-19 were recorded in early December 2019, in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, although experts have long thought the virus was spreading between people before that. This is also the view held by the team of World…

Israel reintroduced the mandatory wearing of face masks indoors on Friday in a bid to counteract rising coronavirus infection rates. The measure was almost completely lifted in mid-June, but from Friday everyone was required to wear a face mask again indoors, the Health Ministry said. People are only exempt from the rule when exercising or at home. It also doesn’t apply to small children. The ministry also recommended wearing a mouth-and-nose covering during large outdoor events like the Pride Parade taking place in Tel Aviv on Friday. For the first time since April, Israel recorded over 100 daily new Covid-19…

MIAMI BUILDING COLLAPSE: At Least One Dead, 99 Unaccounted For At least one person has died and dozens are unaccounted for after the collapse overnight of a 12-storey residential building north of Miami, Florida, officials say. The number of those not yet located has risen from 51 to 99, Miami-Dade police say, with 53 now accounted for. It is unclear how many people were in the building at the time. The complex in the town of Surfside was built in 1980. Out of 130 units, about half were affected by the collapse. A number of Latin American migrants have been reported…